Hat-pin guard and point protector.



E. MEGKFESSEL & A. J. WEIL.

HAT PIN GUARD AND POINT PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION IILED PEB.25, 1911.

Patented Aug. 6, 1912;

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EMIL C. MECKFESSEL ANI) ARTHUR J. WEIL, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

HAT-PIN GUARD AND POINT PROTECTOR.

Specification of Letters Yatent.

Application filed February 25, 1911.

Patented Aug. 6, 1912.

Serial No. 610,717.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, EMIL C. Mnoxrnssnr. and ARTHUR J. WEIL, citizens ofthe United States of America, and residents of the city of St. Louis andState of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHat-Pin Guards and Point Protectors, of which the following is aspecilication.

The object of the present invention is to provide a hat pin guard andpoint protector which will be cheap and simple in form, and which may bequickly applied to the point of the hat pin and quickly removedtherefrom. The improved guard and protector also forms an additionalornament for the hat pin, giving the appearance of several pins beingstuck into the hat. Such a guard and protector is clearly described inthe following specification and shown in the accompanying drawings, inwhich like reference characters refer to like parts, and in which-Figure l is an isometric view of a hat pin with the improved guard andprotector applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through theguard and protector, showing in full lines the point of the hat pin.Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line III-III, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is alike View on the line IV-IV, Fig. 2.

Referring now in detail to the drawings, 1 represents a hat pin with anornamental head 2.

3 represents the barrel of the guard and protector having a flared mouth4 to receive the point of the hat pin 1.

5 is a head, which may be ornamental, if desired, applled to and closingthe end of the barrel 3 opposite the mouth 4.

6 is a spring clip anchored to the barrel 3 near its head end by asleeve 7 The normal tendency of the spring clip is outwardly. It isprovided at its engaging end with an inwardly projecting tooth 8 whichextends through a perforatlon 9 in the barrel 3 at the base of the mouth4.

10 is a clip operating button or sleeve slidably mounted on barrel 3 andembracing the clip (S to depress it as sleeve or button 10 is slidlongitudinally toward the mouth 4. Clip 6 is provided with an inclinedoutwardly extending portion 11 adjacent the tooth 8 to increase the playof the clip 6. For the same purpose and also to ermit of a perfectlyround bore in the colar or button 10, a groove 12 is provided whichextends longitudinally from a point near the perforation line of thesleeve 7. In adjusting the guard and protector to a hat pin, the usermerely grasps the ornamental head 5 in the palm of the hand andretracts, if necessary, with her fingers the button or collar 10. Thisfrees spring cli 6 which immediately clears the barrel 3 or thereception of a point of a pin as the mouth 4 of the barrel 3 is mademarkedly flaring. The user will have no diiiiculty in engaging the pointof a hat pin with the barrel 3 of the guard or protector when the guardor protector is shoved onto the point of the hat pin to the full extent,the button or sleeve 10 is again projected, clamping the spring clip 6or its tooth 8 firmly adainst the point of the hat pin 1 and thushdlding the guard or protector to the hat pin.

We claim:

In a device of the character described, the combination with a barrelprovided with an aperture, a resilient clip mounted on the outer wall ofsaid barrel and having an outwardly inclined portion with an inturnedextremity opposite said aperture, and means slidable along said barreland over said clip to press the inclined portion inwardly with itsextremity projecting through said aperture.

EMIL C. MECKFESSEL. ARTHUR J. WEIL.

In the presence of- J. B. MEGowN, M. C. HAMMON.

Copies oi this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

